Nature has released their list of the top 10 people who shaped science in 2025. The names include a deep sea explorer, a physicist responsible for a new space telescope, several health researchers who ...

Australia's social media ban comes into effect on December 10. From Wednesday, social media sites including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube will not be allowed to let Australians under 16 ...

If your teen spends more time on social media, they may not necessarily develop body issues, according to international researchers who looked at social media use on smartphones. The team collected ...

Overweight children who drop to a healthy weight before adulthood are no more likely to get heart disease later on than people who were never overweight, according to an overseas study of over 100,000 ...

International researchers in the final stages of testing say a monthly injection could help patients with asthma reduce or even discontinue their daily steroid medications. The researchers ...

A Curtin University-led study has found that where Australians live has a measurable influence on their body weight, with local food environments and neighbourhood design playing a big part in shaping ...

Widespread famine in Europe as a result of volcanic activity may have paved the way for the Black Death to take hold in the region, according to international researchers. The Black Death may have ...

There is not enough evidence that medicinal cannabis or cannabinoids are good treatments for most medical conditions, concludes a review of 124 previous studies. The authors find there's some evidence ...

After months of negotiation, the Labor Government has managed to forge a deal with the Greens to make major amendments to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).

The smell of fatty foods during pregnancy might put babies at higher risk of obesity later in life, according to overseas research with mice. Scientists fed two groups of pregnant mice the same ...

The world’s farms could become one of the most powerful tools in the fight against climate change according to a new international study led by QUT. The paper lays out a framework to assess how plant ...

A massive fire has engulfed multiple buildings in Hong Kong's Tai Po district, killing dozens of people, with hundreds of others still missing. The cause of the fire is still being investigated. Below ...